[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19657]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Joshua said to all the people: ``This is the Word of the Lord: I gave 
you land on which you had not labored, cities which you had never 
built; you have lived in these cities and you eat the produce of 
vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant. Therefore, hold the 
Lord in awe and worship Him with loyalty and truth.''
  Lord God, gratitude overwhelms Americans for all we have received 
since the very founding of this great Nation. Therefore we are filled 
with awe and worship You, O Lord.
  Blessed to be Members of this House of Representatives by the 
election of the people and Divine Providence, this governing body is 
humbled by the responsibility it has for this land, its cities and its 
resources. So we choose to serve this Nation with loyalty to the oath 
we have taken; and we will always search the truth for what is best for 
this Nation. This is the pledge of the United States Congress; so, help 
us God. Amen.

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